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Yeah and I guess American roads don't suit the google maps cars either. I mean just look at them: https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08

Yeah and I guess American roads don't suit the google maps cars either. I mean just look at them: https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1475-1.jpg?fit=2213%2C1660&ssl=1 https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08...

mkl 6y ago
That seems to be in Haiti: https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-across-haiti-our-drive-from-port-au-prince-to-cap-haitien/ https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-... (it's in the first slideshow).
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Yes exactly, a American country with terrible roads. How can Google map roads in the Americas with their terrible roads? We don't make distinctions between any African countries anymore so I think it's only fair we start treating the other continents the same way. (I mean of parts the US are close enough to third world countries anyways, 11 year olds dying in mobile homes because corrupt leaders hobbled basic utilities and all)
  - mkl 6y ago
    "American" implies it's in the USA, like if someone is described as "American", they're from the USA. European, Asian, African, Australian, North American, and South American all refer to the continent, Antarctican seems to be a similar word (without much use, unsurprisingly), but I don't think there is one for the whole Americas in English, because "American" isn't it.
    - BoorishBears 6y ago
      Someone is from the Americas I'm going to call them American. What say do people from the continent get anyways? They're all the same sh*thole countries anyways with corrupt leaders full of murders and rapists right? One let a TV clown run them into the ground, another is run by drug cartels, awful continent. If I, a Ghanaian, have to constantly go by "African", then the US being lumped in with Hati shouldn't be inaccurate at all. Weird you thought otherwise.
      - mkl 6y ago
        I'm not American, or from the Americas, I'm just letting you know the meaning native English speakers will take from the word. Call non-Americans American if you want, but don't be surprised when you're misunderstood.
        BoorishBears 6y ago
        You should learn the meaning of the word "facetious". And I'm not sure what makes you think I'm not a native speaker of English. Apparently you don't even understand blatant sarcasm, are you one?
        mkl 6y ago
        > You should learn the meaning of the word "facetious". I know it well. > And I'm not sure what makes you think I'm not a native speaker of English. You apparently don't know the definition of "American". I have never seen a native speaker make a mistake like that. > Apparently you don't even understand blatant sarcasm, are you one? I understand sarcasm just fine. Calling a Haitian road "American" is not sarcasm. Yes, English is my first and only language. You said a picture was from the USA, and I doubted this, so I went and spent time chasing down the actual source. That's not facetiousness or sarcasm, that's either an innocent error, or misleading and antisocial. I interpreted it as innocent error, and attempted to politely correct your knowledge and explain, and now you reply with this argumentative comment, implying you deliberately attempted to mislead and waste our time. I won't reply further.
        BoorishBears 6y ago
        You're just too dense to understand what was said, you shouldn't have replied in the first place. Person implies somehow Africa, the continent, is somehow unsuitable for Google maps vehicles (despite the fact Google has mapped hundreds of tens of thousands of miles in multiple countries in the continent) This comes from treating all of Africa like it's one giant country with the same infrastructure everywhere. I facetiously (a word you do NOT understand apparently) show a picture of Haiti, a North American country and say, since their roads are terrible all North American roads are terrible, and refer to an entire continent as if it were a single country that includes the US. From here your subpar English skills fail you, to the point I'm forced to use a word somewhat similar to facetious but not quite as accurate (sarcasm) because the proper word is above your understanding. Sometimes being imprecise allows a person with a challenged vocabulary such as yourself to catch up, but of course the Dunning-Kruger effect is in full force here, so you use it as an assertation that you're not the one failing to understand basic vocabulary. It's a shame English is your only language and yet mastery of it escapes you.

mkl 6y ago

That seems to be in Haiti: https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-across-haiti-our-drive-from-port-au-prince-to-cap-haitien/ https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-... (it's in the first slideshow).

BoorishBears 6y ago
Yes exactly, a American country with terrible roads. How can Google map roads in the Americas with their terrible roads? We don't make distinctions between any African countries anymore so I think it's only fair we start treating the other continents the same way. (I mean of parts the US are close enough to third world countries anyways, 11 year olds dying in mobile homes because corrupt leaders hobbled basic utilities and all)
- mkl 6y ago
  "American" implies it's in the USA, like if someone is described as "American", they're from the USA. European, Asian, African, Australian, North American, and South American all refer to the continent, Antarctican seems to be a similar word (without much use, unsurprisingly), but I don't think there is one for the whole Americas in English, because "American" isn't it.
  - BoorishBears 6y ago
    Someone is from the Americas I'm going to call them American. What say do people from the continent get anyways? They're all the same sh*thole countries anyways with corrupt leaders full of murders and rapists right? One let a TV clown run them into the ground, another is run by drug cartels, awful continent. If I, a Ghanaian, have to constantly go by "African", then the US being lumped in with Hati shouldn't be inaccurate at all. Weird you thought otherwise.
    - mkl 6y ago
      I'm not American, or from the Americas, I'm just letting you know the meaning native English speakers will take from the word. Call non-Americans American if you want, but don't be surprised when you're misunderstood.
      - BoorishBears 6y ago
        You should learn the meaning of the word "facetious". And I'm not sure what makes you think I'm not a native speaker of English. Apparently you don't even understand blatant sarcasm, are you one?
        mkl 6y ago
        > You should learn the meaning of the word "facetious". I know it well. > And I'm not sure what makes you think I'm not a native speaker of English. You apparently don't know the definition of "American". I have never seen a native speaker make a mistake like that. > Apparently you don't even understand blatant sarcasm, are you one? I understand sarcasm just fine. Calling a Haitian road "American" is not sarcasm. Yes, English is my first and only language. You said a picture was from the USA, and I doubted this, so I went and spent time chasing down the actual source. That's not facetiousness or sarcasm, that's either an innocent error, or misleading and antisocial. I interpreted it as innocent error, and attempted to politely correct your knowledge and explain, and now you reply with this argumentative comment, implying you deliberately attempted to mislead and waste our time. I won't reply further.
        BoorishBears 6y ago
        You're just too dense to understand what was said, you shouldn't have replied in the first place. Person implies somehow Africa, the continent, is somehow unsuitable for Google maps vehicles (despite the fact Google has mapped hundreds of tens of thousands of miles in multiple countries in the continent) This comes from treating all of Africa like it's one giant country with the same infrastructure everywhere. I facetiously (a word you do NOT understand apparently) show a picture of Haiti, a North American country and say, since their roads are terrible all North American roads are terrible, and refer to an entire continent as if it were a single country that includes the US. From here your subpar English skills fail you, to the point I'm forced to use a word somewhat similar to facetious but not quite as accurate (sarcasm) because the proper word is above your understanding. Sometimes being imprecise allows a person with a challenged vocabulary such as yourself to catch up, but of course the Dunning-Kruger effect is in full force here, so you use it as an assertation that you're not the one failing to understand basic vocabulary. It's a shame English is your only language and yet mastery of it escapes you.